Our client, a global enterprise technology company, based in Dublin, is currently hiring for a Category Sourcing Expert to craft sourcing strategies that get the materials and services needed, at the right price and quality.

Responsibilities:

• Drives all aspects of complex strategic sourcing including RFP's, direct contract negotiation processes and leads negotiations of business and pricing terms
• Perform ongoing supplier management to ensure contract terms, conditions and performance management compliance.
• Develop strategies and support development of requirements for use in obtaining competitive business and pricing alternatives from suppliers
• Champions, develops, manages, and drives key relationships that are critical to the success of sourcing projects
• Apply critical thinking skills and work independently to make sound business decisions on behalf of the company
• Ability to solve complex problems to ensure business and financial issues result in sound decisions
• Works with clients to resolve supplier related business issues
• Stays current with industry trends, and becomes a Trusted Advisor to our clients.
• Presents new products, technologies and services from existing or new suppliers to clients

Requirements:

• IT sourcing, procurement or supply-chain experience, 3+ years mandatory.
• Experience with SAP Ariba.
• Project Management of Cross Functional Teams
• Lean Six Sigma experience
• Experience within a telco environment
• Contracting experience - drafting, negotiating and execution

This is a full time, contract position for an initial period of 12 months with the option to extend and/or become permanent (although this is not guaranteed).

The requirement to be in the office is few times a week at the beginning, after that few times a month.

Please apply online for consideration.